Student Projects

2007

Tracking the Spatial Variability of Snow Events in January, 2007, in East-Central Minnesota using Snow Gauges and NEXRad Imagery (Weather and Climate - Geog 230 - Jterm 2007 project)

2006

Can Rice Producing Nations Feed Their People? (pdf) (Applied GIS - Geog 421 - final project)

Finding the Most Suitable Location for  New NFL Expansion Team. (pdf) (Applied GIS - Geog 421 - final project)

Finding the Best Neighborhood to Raise a Family within the City of Minneapolis. (pdf) (Applied GIS - Geog 421 - final project)

Suitable Areas for Refugees to Live. (pdf) (Applied GIS - Geog 421 - final project)

Homeless Wolves. (pdf) (Applied GIS - Geog 421 - final project)

The Relation of Bar Locations to Crime; A Geospatial Analysis. (pdf) (Applied GIS - Geog 421 - final project)

Finding the Most Suitable Location for a Family in Ramsey County, MN. (pdf) (Applied GIS - Geog 421 - final project)

The Impact of Farm Subsidies on the Economic Success of Farm Dependant Counties. (pdf) (Geographical Analysis - Geog 222 - final project)

Best Locations for the Buffalo Commons within the Great Plains. (pdf) (Geographical Analysis - Geog 222 - final project)

Reassessing von Thunen: Quantifying the Relationship of Friction of Distance and Agricultural Land Use. (pdf) (Geographical Analysis - Geog 222 - final project)

The Impact of Environmental Quality on Patterns of Per Capita Income. (jpg image) (Geographical Analysis - Geog 222 - final project)

Buffalo Commons: A Solution for the Plains. (PowerPoint presentation as pdf file) (Geographical Analysis - Geog 222 - final project)

2005

Decrease in Wooded Areas Lakeville, MN 1998-2001 (Remote Sensing - Geog 223 - final project)

Change in Urbanization in Waconia, MN 1998-2001 (Remote Sensing - Geog 223 - final project)

2004

Using GIS to Analyze Fish Populations in Shallow Lakes in Western Minnesota

Using GIS to Examine the Relationship Between Environmental Amenities and Population Growth: U.S. Counties 1990-2000

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Red Cross Shelter Locations in the Twin Cities Using GIS

Using GIS to Find the Most Wild and Most Altered Places in America

Downloadable Map of the Wilderness Project

Analysis of Transportation Networks and Economic Production

2003

Using GIS to Evaluate Nitrate Leaching and Wellhead Protection in the Verdi Wellfield, Lincoln County, Minnesota

Final Projects - Geographical Analysis - Fall 2003

Quantifying the Relationship Between Environmental Amenities and Population Change

Six Decades of Change - the Changing Face of the UST St. Paul Campus (Spring 2003 Remote Sensing Project)

Calculating A Wilderness Continuum

Analysis of Transportation Networks and Economic Production

2002

Quantifying the factors behind the diffusion of Eurasian Watermilfoil in Minnesota using GIS - Nathan Aamot

Frogtown: Determinants of housing value change in a diverse and impoverished neighborhood - Chee Vang

Environmental Amenities and Population Growth

Geographic Analysis Projects (GEOG 222)

2001

The Historical Maps Project

Home Mortgage and Demography Project

Vision Program Map

A Model of Poverty in the Twin Cities Metro Area - Michelle Roman

Risk Watch for the St. Paul Public Schools - Sue Langer